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Kermesite

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Description
Locality: 
Globe & Phoenix Mine, Kwekwe, Midlands, Zimbabwe
Size Range: 
Thumbnail (1-3cm)
Size: 
2.7 × 2 × 1 cm
Largest Crystal: 
1.00cm
Description

A fine specimen of kermesite crystals that came out from Globe & Phoenix Mine. Kwe Kwe. Zimbabwe.
Nice and scarce from Zimbabwe....

Weight: 7 gr.

Mineral Data
What's on the rock

Kermesite

Formula: 
Sb2S2O
Strunz: 
2.FD.05
Crystal System: 
Monoclinic
Hardness: 
1.0 - 1.5
Colour: 
Red
Type Locality: 
Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Bräunsdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany